5 Top Qualities Successful People Have (Do You Have Them?)

Ever wondered whether you really have what it takes? Here are five qualities highly successful people share. Have any of them and you’re already doing better than you think. Have all five and you’re successful whether or not your bank account shows it yet.

1. Well-developed communication skills

Being able to say exactly what’s on your mind, start a conversation, carry it, and land it. Like any skill, it comes down to practice: ask questions, listen before you speak, stay present, and steer the conversation on purpose.

With this one skill you no longer have to settle for low-paid work. It qualifies you for better positions, and it’s something people will pay for.

2. A rich vocabulary

Communication runs on words. The more of them you know, really know, the more precisely you can make your point. My method is simple: when someone uses a word you don’t know, look it up, and don’t stop until you understand it deeply enough to use it in your own sentence. Do that for years and you’ll be able to move in circles where high-value people talk.

3. Discipline

It applies to everything: workouts, morning routines, work, diet. You do the push-ups. You read the ten pages. No chips for breakfast, no 3 a.m. feasts.

There will be temptation. People around you will eat what they want and skip the gym, and that’s their choice; don’t judge them. You chose to aim for the top 1%. And success isn’t a trophy you keep forever. It has to be maintained, the same way a fit body has to keep training.

4 and 5: willpower and one mastered skill

In the video I explain why willpower is the hardest of the five (the “will” was in the word all along: being willing to walk the extra mile), and why every successful person has at least one skill mastered, whether they’re a surgeon, a programmer or a copywriter who knows what every single word will do in a reader’s mind.